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9aae6f0 Don't fasten on Dorothy. Only unanswerable longing lies down that road. Gone is gone. love move-on Gregory Maguire
46d7df2 He was kind, he was single, he was vulnerable, he made her laugh (not always intentionally, true, but often enough). Every time she saw him, he seemed to have become a little more handsome. love Nick Hornby
f657b91 Hate yearned to destroy and sought to forget, but love could not. Love strove creatively towards days that had yet to come. hate love Richard Wright
e173991 Yes it's me, I myself, what I turned out to be, (...) I'm the one here in myself, it's me. (...) Whatever I was, whatever I wasn't--it's all in what I am. Whatever I wanted, whatever I didn't want--all of this has shaped me. Whatever I loved, or stopped loving--in me it's the same nostalgia (Alvaro de Campos) loneliness self-knowledge life love nostalgia Fernando Pessoa
e57d1fe My mother clutches at the collar of my shirt. I rub her back and feel her tears on my neck. It's been decades since our bodies have been this close. It's an odd sensation, like a torn ligament knitting itself back, lumpy and imperfect, usable as long as we know not to push it too hard. india love novel-in-stories women-s-books indian-american divakaruni immigrant-experience mothers-and-daughters novel Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
0f1d004 "Humble myself? 'Fore Gad, you must be mad!" "Belike I am; but I tell you Tracy, that if your passion is love, 'tis a strange one that puts yourself first. I would not give a snap of a finger for it! You want this girl, not for her happiness, but for your own pleasure. That is not the love I once told you would save you from yourself. When it comes, you will count yourself as naught; you will realise your own insignificance, and above all, be ready to make any sacrifice for her sake. Yes, even to the point of losing her!" love Georgette Heyer
42e3cb3 She had a sense of herself being brain dead: running on tubes and machines. weak depression love lose lonely sad Caroline B. Cooney
f22160a If we don't stick up for the ones we love, then what are we good for? Professor Russell love Sophie Kinsella
b5c396d "I look down, and I'm surprised to find myself standing in the middle of a small stone circle. In the center, directly between my feet, is a coppery-bronze octagon with a star. Words are engraved in the stone around it: "Mademoiselle Oliphant. It translates to 'Point zero of the roads of France.' In other words, it's the point from which all other distances in France are measured." St. Clair clears his throat. "It's the beginning of everything." I look back up. He's smiling. "Welcome to Paris, Anna. I'm glad you've come." love paris Stephanie Perkins
dce2077 "So why did he do it?" Cricket rakes a hand through his hair. "For the same reason everyone makes mistake. He fell in love." romance love lola-and-the-boy-next-door lola-nolan mistakes Stephanie Perkins
9ddb79d Not always getting what you want, but sometimes getting what you need. winter life love my-true-love-gave-to-me first-kiss christmas holiday Stephanie Perkins
1ee3893 Things are not always how they seem. winter life love my-true-love-gave-to-me first-kiss christmas holiday Stephanie Perkins
904d41b And he glanced down at Mercy beside him, and saw in her face such radiant goodness, such a calm certainty, that it seemed to him that if he could only be with her all his life, he should know a love, and happiness, and peace that he had never known before. true-love love everlasting-love lasting-love unconditional Edward Rutherfurd
38c9be7 If you like someone, you should have to make an effort. winter life love my-true-love-gave-to-me first-kiss christmas holiday Stephanie Perkins
da40904 He was a story at least, even if he never became anything else. relationships love Nick Hornby
787e230 "It goes back to keeping things equal. Friendship feels really demeaning if one person still likes the other more, which is probably what caused the breakup in the first place. It's such a misnomer that 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend' have the word 'friend' in them." "I don't know, Dom. It's screwed up that people who dug each other enough to go out can't at least stay friends afterward. "Spoken by a true love virgin." sex relationships love Daria Snadowsky
76cf413 But recalling how my ex had nasty BO after track practice never made me feel better. It seemed disingenuous to hold things against him that before I readily accepted as the price of love. love Daria Snadowsky
38cc531 He had slept next to her for thirty-six years, and the mattress felt different without her weight, however slight, and without the rhythm of her breath the dark had no measure. There were times he woke feeling cold from the lack of the heat that once came from between her thighs and behind her knees. He might have even called her, if he could have momentarily forgotten that he already knew everything she could possibly say. marriage love sleeping-together Nicole Krauss
3cb0320 Knowing and thinking exist for the sake of love -- for the sake of building people up in faith. Thinking that produces pride instead of love is not true thinking. love thinking pride John Piper
e87e368 Michael doesn't flinch. 'You can't know,' he says quietly, 'how much you truly love something until it's gone.' 'That's not fair,' I say as I tremble. 'No one said it would be. He tests you, Benji, and he tests Calliel for a supremely simple reason. You are tested because if you aren't, how could you know what you believe in?' faith love belief T.J. Klune
35a01e6 Phillipa blew out her breath. Running a finger along the soft flower petals, she unfolded the note. For Phillipa, she read to herself, She snorted. love note Suzanne Enoch
f7174c3 She lived in the dream world of unreality, or else she would not admit reality; he did not know. In any case, he loved her as she was. It might never be used, but it would give her pleasure to have it. coping love doom last-days unreality post-apocalyptic delusion Nevil Shute
66f75f9 "ysh`r lkthyrwn 'n llh kmn fy mkn sry ytSyd lhm l'khT. w'nhm Hlm ykhTy'wn fn s`dth tktml whw ySrkh lhm bzhw: "h qd 'wq`t bk".w'nh mntZr lysqTw fyqwl lhm:"'lm 'ql lk". nhm ynZrwn ly llh wk'nh lky'n lkwny ldhy ytSf blsdy@ wlnkd. wldhy ystmt` b'n yfshl khTTn. wdy'man m yjd lTrq lty yntqdn bh, wywjh bh lthmt ln.wyntqm mn. wlkn llh nfsh yqwl: "l'ny `rft l'fkr lty 'n mftkr bh `nkm, yqwl lrb, 'fkr slm l shr, l'`Tykm akhr@ wrj." (rmy 29:11) l ywjd mn yryd l'fDl wl'SlH lk 'kthr mn llh. l 'Hd y`lm m hw l'fDl lk. wlys hnk mn yj`lk ttmt` bls`d@ lHqyqy@ 'kthr mnh. llh l yrydk 'n tkhf mnh.nh yrydk 'n tsr` lyh, l 'n thrb mnh. fy lwq` ydhkr ln lktb lmqds 365 mr@ 'n llh yqwl :"l tkhf". wHd@ lkl ywm mn 'ym lsn@. fm ldhy tkhf mnh? l 'Hd mn y`rf m ldhy sywjhh khll l`m. lkn ymknn 'n n`rf 'n llh yHbn, w'n llh m`n, w'n llh ln ('y fy Sfn) . n lwHd mn mDfan ly llh ySbH Glby@ fy mwqf. fmn 'yn dhn ynb` khwfn mn llh? hnk mSdrn 'ssyn Dmyr mdhnb, wjhl bTby`@ llh. yqwl lktb lmqds : " l khwf fy lmHb@, bl lmHb@ lkml@ tTrH lkhwf l~ khrj l'n lkhwf lh `dhb. w'm mn khf flm ytkml fy lmHb@" (ywHn l'wly4:18) ldhnb yj`ln nsh`r b`dm l'mn." love أمان خوف ذنب محبة safety guilt Rick Warren
12cc84a Let me have your abyss. love Wisława Szymborska
a9a470f It ended sadly. The kind of ending where you wait together, holding hands and weeping, while off in another room, love slowly dies. love-quotes love endings love-hurts Abigail Thomas
cfbea94 Of all the women he knew, she had meant the most; and was the one person in his life he felt he had missed, in some ways. women life love he-knew his-life love-of-his-life meant-the-most one-person only-love missed felt Larry McMurtry
6d9ae68 I do not mind when you tell me what you want and put that first instead of last. love John Scalzi
b862b1b Tum asiklar gibi Baudlino da kibirli olmustu. love Umberto Eco
6fb0648 Wisely, Baldwin insisted that we are always more than our pain. Not only did he believe in our capacity to love, he felt black people were uniquely situated to risk loving because we had suffered. love james-baldwin bell hooks
dcd9731 I learned that we may meet a true love and that our lives may be transformed by such an encounter even when it does not lead to sexual pleasure, committed bonding, or even sustained contact. The myth of true love-that fairy-tale vision of two souls who meet, join, and live happily ever thereafter-is the stuff of childhood fantasy. Yet many of us, female and male, carry these fantasies into adulthood and are unable to cope with the reality of what it means to either have an intense life-altering connection that will not lead to an ongoing relationship or to be in a relationship. True love does not always lead to happily ever after, and even when it does sustaining love still takes work. fairy-tales love-quotes true-love love love-is-hard love-at-first-sight bell hooks
95f0da7 It embarrassed her, as a child, to think that her father had fallen in love, or, if men must love, then it should have been someone else, someone dark, mysterious and profoundly clever, not an ordinary person who was impatient for no reason and cross when one was late for lunch. men clever dark love embarrass impatient late ordinary embarrassment mediocrity mother mystery mysterious father impatience Daphne du Maurier
ff8d1b2 They sat in the little diningroom and ate. She'd put on music, a violin concerto. The phone didnt ring. Did you take it off the hook? No, she said. Wires must be down. She smiled. I think it's just the snow. I think it makes people stop and think. Bell nodded. I hope it comes a blizzard then. Do you remember the last time it snowed here? No, I cant say as I do. Do you? Yes I do. When was it. It'll come to you. Oh. She smiled. They ate. love serenity Cormac McCarthy
b921ee0 He thought her more beautiful than ever, with a beauty that was at once feminine and angelic, that wholeness of beauty that had moved Petrarch to song and brought Dante to his knees. romance love Victor Hugo
e49c8a4 Why did everyone like that story so much when it wasn't true? Why was everyone so eager to believe it? Was it because, in real life, ever after's generally stink? romance reality fantasy love truth fairytale façades made-up happy-ever-after Margaret Peterson Haddix
e107e02 "If this were a different time, a different place, I would take you to bed with me and make love to you for days," he said, his voice slow and deep and intent. "I would use my mouth on you, until no part of your skin went untouched, and I would make you come, over and over again until you could stand no more, and then I'd let you sleep in my arms until you were rested and then I would start all over again. I would kiss your wounds, I would drink your tears, I could make love to you in ways that haven't even been invented yet. I would make love to you in fields of flowers and under starry skies, where there is no death or pain or sorrow. I would show you things you haven't even dreamed of, and there would be no one in the world but you and me, between your legs, in your mouth, everywhere." She stared at him, eyes wide. "Breathe," he said softly, with a self-deprecating smile, and she realized she'd been holding her breath." romance love Anne Stuart
b21f276 Once a partner has begun to lose interest, there is apparently little the other can do to arrest the process. Like seduction, withdrawal suffers under a blanket of reticence. The very breakdown of communication is hard to discuss, unless both parties have a desire to see it restored. This leaves the lover in a desperate situation. Honest dialogue seems to produce only irritation and smothers love in the attempt to revive it. Desperate to woo the partner back at any cost, the lover might at this point be tempted to turn to romantic terrorism, the product of irredeemable situations, a gamut of tricks (sulking, jealousy, guilt) that attempt to force the partner to return love, by blowing up (in fits of tears, rage or otherwise) in front of the loved one. The terroristic partner knows he cannot realistically hope to see his love reciprocated, but the futility of something is not always (in love or in politics) a sufficient argument against it. Certain things are said not because they will be heard, but because it is important to speak. love partner sad Alain de Botton
8328827 Christmas isn't a parade or concert but a piece of home you keep in your heart wherever you go. love home Donna VanLiere
86ad6e3 The professor was looking at Theodosia; he knew with resigned amusement that he was about to become the owner of the little dog. She wasn't going to ask, but the expression on her face was eloquent. love rescue pet-adoption Betty Neels
743990e La sua vita era ancora troppo breve, per sapere che non c'e cosa piu imminente dell'impossibile, e che quanto dobbiamo sempre prevedere e l'imprevisto. life love unexpected Victor Hugo
4dc40a3 Realize that God uses the fires of life to purify your faith, to shape you into Christ's image, and to cause you to love Him...even more! faith god life love image pure realize christian shape fire Elizabeth George
b1d9b17 When God gives you a mission, He also gives you everything you need to fulfill that mission. god love gods-love fulfillment mission purpose Elizabeth George
abee3b8 Every fall into love is the triumph of hope over self-knowledge love philosophy idealization on-love essays Alain de Botton
080c3c2 "...I love you," he said to her, although at that point he was certain she could no longer comprehend the words. "I'd trade places with you in an instant, Mandy Valems... you never deserved this... why would anyone do something so terrible!?" A cold chill froze his heart when he saw her empty eyes again. The fluorescent lights in the dim room sparked to life all of a sudden, brightness so sharp that it startled him. In a flash, sharp and sudden, quicker than a lightning strike, the bulbs flickered and exploded with a few jingling pops." grief loss death friendship heart love dim bulb fluorescent lobotomy psychosurgery explode electricity mental-hospital depressing tragic empty i-love-you hospital eyes Rebecca McNutt
ac7c66b The chilling thought occurred to me that breaking up with someone you love to criticize might be the only way to save yourself from becoming unlovable humor love Bob Smith
11b6adb She had to strive to make every thought obedient to the love of Christ whatever violent feelings churned within her. She had to take her every thought captive to the obedience of Christ and leave no room for anger and jealousy and thoughts of revenge. jealousy revenge love obedient christ thought Francine Rivers
715c9b5 He was familiar enough with pleasure to know it might become jaded or reluctant; but joy was literally foreign to him, a word he would never easily pronounce, an exhilaration that had some other reckless nationality. For this reason, Caro's wholeness in love, her happiness in it, made her exotic. love pleasure Shirley Hazzard
d18b11c But if love is not the cure, it certainly can act as a very strong medicine. depression love mania mental-illness mental-health Kay Redfield Jamison
1dc2fd1 It actually felt harder, not easier, to be with people. The toughest challenge was my face; maintaining a 'normal' expression was utterly exhausting. moving-on life love wife sad Marian Keyes
26674ac However this child was conceived, God will be the Father. My baby won't enter the world unloved or unwanted. If I can't feel a full measure of joy, I know the Lord will. love father Francine Rivers
6f44317 There is on the earth no institution which Friendship has established; it is not taught by any religion; no scripture contains its maxims. It has no temple nor even a solitary column...However, out fates at least are social. Our courses do not diverge; but as the web of destiny is woven it is fulled, and we are cast more and more into the centre. Men naturally, though feebly, seek this alliance, and their actions faintly foretell it. We are inclined to lay the chief stress on likeness and not on difference, and in foreign bodies we admit that there are many degrees of warmth below blood heat, but none of cold above it. humanity friendship love kinship Henry David Thoreau
538c457 We're like the couple on the sitcom that has good sparks but never get together for the sake of ratings. funny humor love Aimee Bender
4156a85 and more important, did he love me as much as he once loved me? love Emily Giffin
a8dc14a The love of minds should last beyond lives. love minds lives Don DeLillo
c7741a3 "It's my letter," she began. "I cannot make it right." "Come in, come in," the Prince said gently. "Maybe we can help you." She sat down in the same chair as before. "All right, I'll close my eyes and listen; read to me." " 'Westley, my passion, my sweet, my only, my own. Come back, come back. I shall kill myself otherwise. Yours in torment, Buttercup.' " She looked at Humperdinck. "Well? Do you think I'm throwing myself at him?" "It does seem a bit forward," the Prince admitted. "It doesn't leave him a great deal of room to maneuver." humor love melancholy letters William Goldman
bdbdf53 She had never looked as well. She had entered her room as just an impossibly lovely girl. The woman who emerged was a trifle thinner, a great deal wiser, an ocean sadder. This one understood the nature of pain, and beneath the glory of her features, there was character, and a sure knowledge of suffering. pain loss suffering sorrow heartbreak love melancholy William Goldman
486407c The path of true love never ran smooth. More likely you ran out of gas, blew a tire, and hit the wall before you crossed the finish line. true-love love problems Erin McCarthy
2ea889a I like this marriage thing, because it's the best of all of us. We get to be the whole meal. The appetizer, the entree, the luxurious dessert... And yes, the peas and the carrots. marriage love Cassie Mae
0f10c18 Love is a fault; be it so. Fantine was innocence floating upon the surface of this fault. love les-misérables Victor Hugo
6511c94 Looking at her, thinking of her transported him, which struck him as vile because now it was hard for him not to despise the icy serenity of their earlier relations. And he knew that he should not love her, for she had been someone else whom he was supposed to love differently. -What is loneliness? Does the lonely space between two rocks vanish when spanned by a spider web? love William T. Vollmann
839bfe3 She understood perfectly that when the object of anticipation becomes paramount, trouble begins to lurk like a panther. love panthers trouble Richard Ford
102d698 Just bear a passing resemblance to a fictional romantic trope I like and I will love you forever. We're all just trying to find the Mark Darcy of our workplace, aren't we? relationships love soulmates Mindy Kaling
f0d940a "Groaning, he gripped his fists in the wild stuff. "Contessa.God, Contessa." She straightened, changing the angle, changing the pleasure. She shook her hair back and undulated. She was a contessa.A princess.No,a queen." love italian queen mafia Christie Ridgway
d4aea0b Lavorava per vivere; poi, sempre per vivere, poiche anche il cuore ha fame, amo. love Victor Hugo
b6df8ef I have found that sometimes when a person gives up on 'humankind' they can often find trust and love in animal kind. Andre Chevalier depression humanity trust love trust-issues giving-up Nikki Sex
d96f8a9 Sex is an act of pleasure and an expression of love. How better to communicate one's deepest feelings than without the clumsy use of words? -- Andre Chevalier sex love feelings-of-love Nikki Sex
7851f1c I had deluded myself throughout by the idea of reviving a secret love which did not exist at all. love secret-love the-sea-the-sea iris-murdoch unrequited-love Iris Murdoch
ad256da Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an orientation of character which determines the relatedness of a person to the world as a whole, not toward one 'object' of love. If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to the rest of his fellow men, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism. humanism relationship love Erich Fromm
a8a7cbc Stay with me always, my sweet, my love . . . my Claire. love claire jusin teresa-medeiros Teresa Medeiros
f6d2f79 Anja? What is to tell? Everywhere I look I'm seeing Anja... From my good eye, from my glass eye, if they're open or they're close, always I'm thinking on Anja. true-love love soul-mates Art Spiegelman
6d3d42a There are different kinds of love, Sarah. I feel one kind of love for your father. A special kind. Another kind for Warren. And still a different kind for you children.' She smiled at me. 'Heaven rue the day we can't feel love for one another. I wouldn't want to live in such a world, would you? friendship love Ann Rinaldi
5ddc5e2 I do not grieve for him as a wife, as Anne Devereux has grieved for her husband William Herbert. She promised him she would never remarry, she swore she would go to her grave hoping to meet him in heaven. I suppose they were in some sort of love, thought married by contract. I suppose they found some sort of passion in their marriage. It is rare but not impossible. I do hope that they have no given my son ideas about loving his wife; a man who is to be king can marry only for advantage. A woman of sense would marry only for the improvement of her family. Only a lustful fool dreams every night of a marriage of love. marriage love Philippa Gregory
e646ef1 You are my heart. Even if you are a broken heart love Philippa Gregory
7d1ce2c "Equality today means "sameness" rather than "oneness"." -- love richfromm Erich Fromm
5df25f8 "March 22, 2014 I have found the truth in the lies I told myself. I thought I could run from this woman, but she continues to chase me. In my mind, my heart, she's always there. An entire bottle of whiskey can't drown out her voice. I wake up each morning hoping it will finally be the day that I get over her. But then night falls and memories of her begin to torture me until sleep is no longer an option. Each night I fall into this abyss of nothingness, feeling only the emptiness of not having her beside me. I have found the truth in the lies I told myself. I slept with another woman, all the while wishing it was her and I still went through with it. What a fool I was. I still long to feel the satisfaction I was supposed to have felt that night. I still long to feel the freedom I'd hoped to gain from seeking refuge in the arms of another woman. But I'll never be free of her. It will take an eternity to break out of these shackles. For one month, ONE month I couldn't keep my dick in my pants and yet for two years I haven't even so much as looked at another woman. I've remained completely faithful to a memory. Devoted to her smile. Committed to her ever-changing green eyes. I have read through the past entries in this journal and I noticed that I have never used her name. As if inking it would somehow solidify the feelings I think I've always felt. romance heartbreak love Jacqueline Francis - The Journal
70f9aaa "Isn't it complicated to be human, though?" she said. "Animals seem to give up their lives so naturally...And after all, I grew up, I married John, I had Debby. So knowing, being able to understand and forecast and even predict an approximate date, shouldn't make any difference. I guess consciousness makes individuals of us, and as individuals we lose the old acceptance..." "The one thing," Marian said in a voice that went suddenly small and tight, "the thing I can hardly bear sometimes is that I won't ever see her grow up. She'll have to do it without whatever I could have given her." "Time, too, time and everything that one could do in it, and the chance of wasting or losing or never even realizing it. It's so important to us because we see it so close. We're individuals, we're full of ourselves, and so we're bad historians. We get crazy and anxious because all of sudden there's so little time left to be loving and generous as we wish we'd always been and always intended to be...do you suppose I feel the shortness of time because I want to experience everything and feel everything that the race has ever felt? Because there's so much to feel and I'm greedy?" grief loss suffering humanity death love Wallace Stegner
ce28276 Was it possible to fall in love with the same man over and over again, every single day? love chapter-22 kate-sheffield bridgertons the-viscount-who-loved-me julia-quinn Julia Quinn
ed63dae It was something in the way she moved. Something in the way she breathed. Something in the way she merely 'was' . And he didn't think he was ever going to get over it. love chapter-8 francesca-kilmartin-bridgerton when-he-was-wicked michael-stirling julia-quinn favorite Julia Quinn
2b19127 Queria que ela adorasse aquilo, que o amasse e que soubesse, quando se deitassem nos bracos um do outro, suados e exaustos, que pertencia a ele. Porque ele ja sabia que pertencia a ela. love page-266 lady-whistledown os-segredos-de-colin-bridgerton penelope-featherington colin-bridgerton romancing-mister-bridgerton julia-quinn Julia Quinn
d770891 "Are you so scared people will hate you?" "What?" I stare at him, not knowing how to react. "What are you talking about?" He gestures at the phone. "Your emails are like one big cry. Kiss, kiss, hug, hug, please like me, please like me!" love insecurity Sophie Kinsella
5268aef The broken pink pillars, in the half-light, might have been waiting to fall down on him: the pool, covered with green scum, its steps torn away and hanging by one rotting clamp, to close over his head. The shattered evil-smelling chapel, overgrown with weeds, the crumbling walls, splashed with urine, on which scorpions lurked - wrecked entablature, sad archivolt, slippery stones covered with excreta - this place, where love had once brooded, seemed part of a nightmare. love stones ruins nightmare Malcolm Lowry
f0f3f06 ... somewhere in my heart, however, I continued to believe that intense and lasting love was possible only in a climate of somewhat tumultuous passions. This, I felt, consigned me to being with a man whose temperament was largely similar to my own. I was late to understand that chaos and intensity are no substitute for lasting love, nor are they necessarily an improvement on real life. Normal people are not aways boring. On the contrary. It has been with pleasure, and not inconsiderable pain, that I have learned about the possibilities of love - its steadiness and its growth... madness passion love normality Kay Redfield Jamison
c845285 We had always segregated sex from feeling and from intellectual love, so you were either pure and virtuous, as Nassrin's uncle had said, or dirty and fun. What was alien to us was eros, true sensuality. love sensuality Azar Nafisi
e47c4ba But stronger than his knowledge was his love for the boy, his devotion, his fear of losing him. Had he ever lost his heart to anybody so completely, so painfully, so hopelessly and yet so happily? love Hermann Hesse
b7029d7 ... ir jo balsas pasidare duslus nuo svelnumo. love Hermann Hesse
ed9c075 I don't want to be doomed to mediocrity in my feeling for Christ. I want to feel. I want to love. Take me, dear Lord, and set me in the direction I am to go life-lessons love christ Flannery O'Connor
5bf9af4 Finally I reached into my pocket and flipped a quarter. Heads was Phlox, tails was Arthur. It came up heads. I called Arthur. life love Michael Chabon
3f9226a "Do you think they were ever happy?" "Definitely," I said. "Definitely?" "For sure." "She went crazy. His business failed. They couldn't have children of their own. He went to prison. HRT gave her cancer. I shot his brother in the eye and then married a man who cost him his business. When were they happy?" "In the cracks?" I said. "In the cracks." "Yeah." lovers marriage love Michael Chabon
fbbc19f - Doktore, az s'm inzhener, elektroinzhener. Tova e obrazovanieto mi. Inzhenerite otdeliat mnogo vreme za neshcho, koeto se naricha analiz na povredata. Nezavisimo ot tova dali proektirash, izpitvash, ili izgrazhdash... zashchoto, razbirate li, neshchata se chupiat. Te se povrezhdat, vzriviavat se, rukhvat, izgariat, ima natovarvane, iznosvane, schupvane. A p'k chovek iska da razbere na kakvo se d'lzhi povredata, tova e chast ot rabotata. Iskash da ustanovish kakvo ne e nared, za da go popravish. Mozhe bi navremeto s'm gledal na s'prugata si po tozi nachin. V nachaloto i dosta d'lgo vreme sled tova. Iskakh da razbera k'de sa se schupili neshchata. Mislekh si, che moga da ia popravia. Veche ne iskam da mislia za neia po tozi nachin, razbirate li, ne iskam da t'rsia razvaleniia kondenzator. Iskam prosto, iskam da kazha... Priemam ia i... - shchial da kazhe, che obichal baba, no mu se storilo, che tova bilo neshcho, s koeto edin m'zh ne biva da zanimava drug. - Tia e povredena, az s'm povreden. Vseki e povreden. Ako veche ne se izm'chva, tova mi stiga. love Michael Chabon
626dab0 The city was new again, and newly dangerous, and I would walk the streets quickly, eyes averted from those of passersby, like a spy in the employ of lust and happiness, carrying the secret deep within me but always on the tip of my tongue. sex love Michael Chabon
de4e5be Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. -Ian Fleming romance love adventure Swapna Rajput
2e6cdff Bizi sevmeyen herhangi birinin yarali, eksik ve bir sekilde hasta oldugunu nereden cikariyoruz? Ozellikle de bir Tanri'yi veya aglayan Meryem Ana'yi veya Isa'nin yuzunu bize tercih ettikleri zaman onlara niye deli diyoruz? Aklini yitirmis. Cilgin. Kendi iyiligimizden, sevgimizin iyiliginden oylesine eminiz ki, bizden daha cok sevilmeye deger, bizden daha cok tapinilmaya deger bir sey olabilecegi dusuncesine bile tahammul edemiyoruz. Kutlama kartlari bize herkesin sevilmeyi hak ettigini, surekli olarak soyluyor. Hayir. Herkes temiz suyu hak eder. Ama herkes her zaman sevilmeyi hak etmez. love Zadie Smith
4c8441a Greeting cards routinely tell us that everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all of the time. poverty love water Zadie Smith
b9547f5 When it was daylight, we'd been sitting on a stoop watching the street get light. She mentioned the light took eight minutes to leave the sun and reach us. You couldn't help but love that light traveling so far through the loneliest of spaces to get here, to come so far. It was like we were the only two people in the world. love sun Marisha Pessl
fa800f9 "You still think love can save us. It's more killing than hate. Hate is so clean, so simple. Like being in the ring. With hate, you just keep hitting back. You hit until they stop hitting back. With love... they never stop." ~ (Frank)" killing love hit Colleen McCullough
301eb28 There is only one thing worse than losing the one you love, and that is losing them without knowing why. If you are a dog, then your master is like a god to you, and the pain of losing him is greater still. loss love Louis de Bernières
9a30be8 Ageing is not easy, Sennhora Castro. It's a terrible, incurable pathology. And great love is another pathology. It starts well. It's a most desirable disease. One wouldn't want to do without it. It's like yeast that corrupts the juice of grapes. One loves, one loves, one persists in loving-the incubation period can be very long- and then, with death, comes the heart break. Love must always meet its unwanted end. suffering death heartbreak love diesease Yann Martel
1d2ebb4 Ageing is not easy, Senhora Castro. It's a terrible, incurable pathology. And great love is another pathology. love Yann Martel
53c7dd5 volveremos a encontrarnos en mejores circunstancias o en otras vidas love vida Isabel Allende
5e37085 Francisco l'attrasse a se e le cerco le labbra. Fu un bacio casto, tiepido, lieve tuttavia ebbe l'effetto di una scossa tellurica nei loro sensi. Entrambi percepirono la pelle dell'altro prima mai cosi precisa e vicina, la pressione delle loro mani, l'intimita di un contatto anelato fin dagli inizi del tempo. Li invase un calore palpitante nelle ossa nelle vene nell'anima, qualcosa che non conoscevano o che avevano del tutto scordato, perche la memoria della carne e fragile. Tutto scomparve intorno ed ebbero coscienza solo delle labbra unite che prendevano e ricevevano. sex lovers love Isabel Allende
e850f11 I go, but I always remember you. love journey memory Isabel Allende
7b133a0 Todo desaparecio a su alrededor y solo tuvieron consciencia de sus labios unidos tomando y recibiendo. En verdad apenas fue un beso, la sugerencia de un contacto esperado e inevitable, pero ambos estaban seguros de que ese seria el unico beso que pudieran recordar hasta el fin de sus dias y de todas las caricias la unica en dejar una huella certera en sus nostalgias. Supieron que dentro de anos todavia podrian evocar con presion el contacto humedo y calido de sus labios, el olor a pasto fresco y la tormentosa sensacion de sus espiritus. love nostalgy Isabel Allende
f4d3e7c "The second dream is more difficult to convey. Nothing happened. He scarcely saw a face, scarcely heard a voice say, "That is your friend," and then it was over, having filled him with beauty and taught him tenderness. He could die for such a friend, he would allow such a friend to die for him; they would make any sacrifice for each other, and count the world nothing, neither death nor distance nor crossness could part them, because "this is my friend." dreams love lgbt E.M. Forster
1764b06 How wide the gulf between Henry as he was and Henry as Helen thought he ought to be! And she herself--hovering as usual between the two, now accepting men as they are, now yearning with her sister for Truth. Love and Truth--their warfare seems eternal. Perhaps the whole visible world rests on it, and if they were one, life itself, like the spirits when Prospero was reconciled to his brother, might vanish into air, into thin air. love truth expectations-vs-reality e-m-forster howards-end the-world conflict E.M. Forster
bb2d62d Here had lived an elder race, to which we look back with disquietude. The country which we visit at week-ends was really a home to it, and the graver sides of life, the deaths, the partings, the yearnings for love, have their deepest expression in the heart of the fields. death life love e-m-forster howards-end countryside parting E.M. Forster
69370a2 Love was an emotion through which you occasionally enjoyed yourself. It could not do things. love E.M. Forster
905e339 While Christianity was able to agree with pagan writers that inordinate attachment to earthly goods can lead to unnecessary pain and grief, it also taught that the answer to this was not to love things less but to love God more than anything else. Only when our greatest love is God, a love that we cannot lose even in death, can we face all things with peace. Grief was not to be eliminated but seasoned and buoyed up with love and hope. pain suffering jesus hope love Timothy J. Keller
e4e55bc "Know what the best thing your true love can give you is?" I asked him. "What?" said Dash. "True love." true-love love dash-and-lily twelve-days-of-christmas otp Rachel Cohn
851c9f3 ...Mrs. Warren allowed her book to fall closed upon her lap, and her attractive face awakened to an expression of agreeable expectation, in itself denoting the existence of interesting and desirable qualities in the husband at the moment inserting his latch-key in the front door preparatory to mounting the stairs and joining her. The man who, after twenty-five years of marriage, can call, by his return to her side, this expression to the countenance of an intelligent woman is, without question or argument, an individual whose life and occupations are as interesting as his character and points of view. marriage life love commitment interesting faithfulness enjoyment partners Frances Hodgson Burnett
9e287c2 "But I had never caused my parents "a minute's worry." Didn't they know that worry proves you care? Didn't they realize that I needed their worry to assure myself that I was worth something?" love worry parents Katherine Paterson
933d9d0 It will no longer be necessary to leave one's own home in order to find work in the surrounding districts, which means spending week after week away from home, for no matter how restless a fellow might be, his own home, if he has a wife he respects and children he loves, has the same satisfying taste as bread, a man's home is not for all hours, but he soon begins to miss it if he does not go back there every day. love homesickness home wanderlust José Saramago
a0121d2 "That's a rather subversive idea, isn't it? "Do you think so? I don't. If it is subversive, then everything else is too, even breathing. I feel and think as naturally and necessarily as I breathe. If men hate each other, then there is not hope. We will all be the victims of that hate. We will slaughter each other in wars we don't want and for which we're not responsible. They'll put a flag in front of us and fill ours ears with words. And why? To plant the seeds for a new war, to create more hatred, to create new flags and new words. Is that why we're here? To have children and hurl them into the fiery furnace? To build cities and then raze them to the ground? To long for peace and have war instead? "And would love solve everything," asked Able with a sad, slightly ironic smile. "I don't know. It's the only thing we haven't tried so far..." "And will we be in time?" "Possibly. If those who suffer can be convinced that it's true, then yes, we might be in time..." He paused, as if assailed by a sudden thought, "But don't forget, Abel, you must love with a love that is lucid and active! And make sure that the active side never forgets abut the lucid side and that the active side never commits the same kind of villainous deeds as those who want men to hate each other. Active, but lucid. And above all, lucid!" war love José Saramago
0f4a74b Her eyes opened at this sight against her will and she looked around the room almost in fear. But it was dark and shadowy, shaded by the bamboo screen at the door, the damp rush mats at the windows, the old heavy curtains and the spotted, peeling walls, and in their shade she saw how she loved him, loved Raja and Tara and all of them who had lived in this house with her. There could be no love more deep and full and wide than this one, she knew. No other love had started so far back in time and had had so much time in which to grow and spread. They were really all parts of her, inseparable, so many aspects of her as she was of them, so that the anger or the disappointment she felt in them was only the anger and disappointment she felt at herself. Whatever hurt they felt, she felt. Whatever diminished them, diminished her. What attacked them, attacked her. Nor was there anyone else on earth whom she was willing to forgive more readily or completely, or defend more instinctively and instantly. She could hardly believe, at that moment, that she would Iive on after they did or they would continue after she had ended. If such an unimaginable phenomenon could take place, then surely they would remain flawed, damaged for life. The wholeness of the pattern, its perfection, would be gone. She lay absolutely still, almost ceasing to breathe, afraid to diminish by even a breath the wholeness of that love. love home Anita Desai
2f127ac What you are Vivian is a type of person. To be more specific,you are a type of woman. A tediously common type of woman. Do you think I've not encountered your type before? Your sort will always be slinking around, playing your boring and vulgar little games, causing your boring and vulgar little problems. You are the type of woman, Vivian, because you will always be playing with toys that are not your own. A woman of your type often believes she is a person of significance because she can make trouble and spoil things for others. But she is neither important nor interesting love inspirational elizabethgilbert historical-fiction Elizabeth Gilbert
907f30c "This is what we are like. Collectively, as a species, this is our emotional landscape. I met an old lady once, almost one hundred years old, and she told me, "There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. How much do you love me? And Who's in charge?" Everything else is somehow manageable. But these two questions of love and control undo us all, trip us up and cause war, grief and suffering." life love Elizabeth Gilbert
849e2d4 Fannie Mae had aroused his anger, then reduced his anger to verbal breast-beating, and finally to silent hurt. Still, the love remained. Why? relationship love Frank Herbert
165e371 "Make peace with others. The only thing you can change about the past is the damage you may have done to relationships. You may need to make amends with some people and say sorry. Sometimes it feels like we have unfinished business if we leave something in a state of tension. Break the ice, admit you were wrong, and then you and the other person can let go of any bitterness and move on. Sometimes God won't let us rest with ourselves and be at peace unless we take care of certain things. The Bible says in Matthew 5, "Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering." Another good verse that is related to this is in Mark 11, "Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions." So we need to forgive others and we need to ask for their forgiveness if we have done them wrong. When Jesus was asked how many times we have to forgive others He said 70 times 7, as in, countless times. Joyce Meyer says, "Do yourself a favor and forgive," because you will never truly have peace until you forgive everyone and anyone who has done you wrong. Amen." joy jesus god love holy-spirit peace Lisa Bedrick
411c167 ...we named her Dorothy Ann. Dolly, for short. I kissed her warily, fearful of the pain of loving her, love her, though love her I did; fearful lest she hurt me by dying. risk trust heartbreak love Nancy E. Turner
9b55083 The only real security is not in owning or possessing, no in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was in nostalgia, nor forward to what it might be in dread or anticipation, but living in the present relationship and accepting it as it is now. relationships love Anne Morrow Lindbergh
e24dbbc "Farkinda misiniz leydim bilmiyorum ama benimle pazarlik ettiniz, bana emir verdiniz, beni ikna etmeye calistiniz. Her turlu yolu denediniz, sadece bir yol kaldi." "Neymis o?" "Lutfen demek." romance love Shannon Drake
de16327 I cared about Ben, but I was never in love with him. I was in love with what it said about me that I had a boyfriend like Ben, and that's just different. romance christianity love girlfriend growing-up in-love Nadia Bolz-Weber
d21d58e sometimes the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else - Richard love Elizabeth Gilbert
68a8624 "Simply put, I got pulled through the wormhole of the Absolute, and in that rush I suddenly understood the workings of the universe completely. I left my body, I left the room, I left the planet, I stepped through time and I entered the void. I was inside the void, but I also was the void and I was looking at the void, all at the same time. The void was a place of limitless peace and wisdom, The void was conscious and intelligent. The void was God, which means that I was inside God. But not in a gross, physical way - not like I was Liz Gilbert stuck inside a chunk of God's thigh muscle. I just was part of God. In addition to being God. I was both a tiny piece of the universe and exactly the same size as the universe. ("All know that the drop merges into ocean, but few know that the ocean merges into the drop," wrote the sage Kabir - and I can personally attest now that this is true.) It wasn't hallucinogenic, what I was feeling. It was the most basic of events. It was heaven, yes. It was the deepest love I'd ever experienced, beyond anything I could previously imagined, but it wasn't euphoric. It wasn't exciting. There wasn't enough ego or passion left in me to create euphoria and excitement. It was just obvious. Like when you've been looking at an optical illusion for a long time, straining your eyes to decode the trick, and suddenly your cognizance shifts and there - now you can clearly see it! - the two vases are actually two faces. And once you've seen through the optical illusion, you can never not see it again. "So this is God," I thought. "Congratulations to meet you." -" spirituality love philosophy Elizabeth Gilbert
18d98fe One thing I do know about intimacy is that there are certain natural laws which govern the sexual experience of two people, and that these laws cannot be budged any more than gravity can be negotiated with. To feel physically comfortable with someone else's body is not a decision you can make. It has very little to do with how two people think or act or talk or even look. The mysterious magnet is either there, buried somewhere deep behind the sternum, or it is not. relationships love sexuality Elizabeth Gilbert
4995ece A month ago it would have been my dream just to be in his bedroom watching a movie, but now it's torture because I want so much more. It's like my entire conscious state has been reduced to this toxic blend of hope and uncertainty. I hate that I have to act cool and almost pretend I don't like him when in fact I do, because, God forbid, I come across as desperate for attention or a little clingy, which everyone should know are perfectly natural human behaviors, after all. Ugh! feelings love clinging emotions dating lust desperation Daria Snadowsky
401af74 "He gave us taste buds, then filled the world with incredible flavors like chocolate and cinnamon and all the other spices. He gave us eyes to perceive color and then filled the world with a rainbow of shades. He gave us sensitive ears and then filled the world with rhythms and music. Your capacity for enjoyment is evidence of God's love for you. He could have made the world tasteless, colorless, and silent. The Bible says that God "richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment." He didn't have to do it, but he did, because He loves us." worth joy christianity jesus religion god love inspirational worthy christmas gift holiday purpose peace Rick Warren
282b299 The sun was hot and bright. A day for fishing, for swimming, for playing tennis and having fun, and they put my Christopher in the ground. loss heartbreak love incest V.C. Andrews
4205ebb If you allow disagreements and arguments to escalate, you are making the bone of contention of whatever you are heatedly arguing about more important than your relationship. relationships inspiration life love the-laws-of-love self-help Chris Prentiss
b4b3b34 I too can play the madman, the fool, the hero; in short, any or everything to rescue her I love. love James Fenimore Cooper
3690835 I was the last of the four Dresden dolls. Only me... and I didn't want to be here. loss heartbreak love V.C. Andrews
5636bed "Si chino per accarezzarmi. Fece scorrere la mano lungo la schiena e poi sotto al mento. <> dichiaro. Sposto la mano sopra la testa. <> mi chiese. <>. love animals dog Ann M. Martin
165ce4e We have power as consumers. We can exercise that power all the time by not choosing to invest time, energy or funds to support the production of mass media images that do not reflect life-enhancing values, that undermine a love ethic. humanity change optimism love consummerism generosity society principles values bell hooks
d543137 Que dormia, acurrucada, metiendose dentro de el, perdida en la nada al sentir que se quebraba su carne, que se abria como un surco abierto por un clavo ardoroso, luego tibio, luego dulce dando golpes duros contra su carne blanda; sumiendose mas, hasta el gemido. death love méxico ghost Juan Rulfo
3ee7bc7 For what is more lovable than failure? friendship love failure Mervyn Peake
6515ecd - because just by hating it's possible to be purified from love, just with the sword, with the fire.. hate love sword Daphne du Maurier
012350f Whether we're forgiving our parents or someone else or ourselves, the laws of mind remain the same. As we love, we shall be released from pain and as we deny love, we shall remain in pain. Each of us have different fears and different manifestations of fear, but all of us are saved by the same technique: The call to God to save our lives by salvaging our minds. 'Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For love is the kingdom and love is the glory and love is the power, forever and forever. love personal-growth Marianne Williamson
e8adfbd But love is strange, as they used to say at the Chameleon Club. Even those of us who value intelligence over appearance have discovered, to our chagrin, that a high IQ doesn't necessarily translate into kindness or even conscience. lovers relationships love Francine Prose
d715fcc Maybe real love is being able to ask, Do I have greens in my teeth? love Francine Prose
56cb920 I would know you from the heart of the sun. I would know you even if I were mad. I will know you always, whatever form I wear. I swear it. romance love shapeshifter gay-romance Elizabeth A. Lynn
1f4375a "Tuk niama da vi lipsva niakoi poludial ot liubov, koito v nai-skoro vreme da vi predostavi tazi v'zmozhnost." I dokato go kazvashe, doktor't si dade smetka, che izmezhdu bezbroinite samoubiistva s tsianova sol, koito pomneshe, tova e p'rvoto, chiiato prichina ne e neshchastna liubov. Togava neshcho v obichainiia mu ton se promeni. - A kogato vi se predostavi, ob'rnete vnimanie - kaza toi na stazhanta medik: - Te obiknoveno imat pias'k v s'rtseto." suicide love Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
4de4d3c Aucun couple, meme le meilleur, ne peut encourager a l'amour, ce n'est pas vrai. relationships love Marguerite Duras
ba49e76 What could Maria call the time that opened ahead of her? The certainty of her hope? This rejuvenated air she was breathing? This incandescence, this bursting of a love at last without object? time hope love breathing-room certainty Marguerite Duras
58fe886 "Septimus: There is nothing more to be said about sexual congress. love Tom Stoppard
aa5d42c Lemties neimanoma izvelgti, nebent jei sapnuoji ar esi apsvaiges is meiles. fate love John Irving
96ccc79 Love isn't about thinking. You should know that by now. love Carl Hiaasen
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